GS5658 VPA 4: Resilience with Safe Drinking Water in Drought Prone Areas of Bale Zone in Oromia (Ethiopia)
GS-1505 ↗ · current registry ID: GS6749
#1076of 1329 in Industrial#27of 36 in Ethiopia#1518of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard water-access project in Ethiopia's Bale Zone shows reasonable verified delivery (92% of claimed ERR for the monitoring period) but suffers from significant documentation gaps: no additionality test type is recorded, permanence risk (borehole erosion) is flagged but unaddressed, and 14 material findings with 9 corrective actions undermine confidence in the underlying data. Multiple contradictions across documents—particularly on leakage justification, crediting period, and safeguards—further erode reliability.
Red Flags
- No additionality test type or VVB confirmation of additionality found in any extracted document
- 14 material findings including methodology reference errors, AR4 vs AR5 GWP misuse, and water quality testing frequency gaps exceeding 3 months
- Crediting period contradicts between PDD (2016–2036, 20 years) and monitoring report (2018–2023, 5 years), creating uncertainty about the ex-ante ERR basis
- Security breakdown in Oromia (Oct 2019) caused a non-conformity notification for delayed monitoring, raising questions about data continuity
Credit Vintages Exhausted
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 244 | 244 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3,683 | 3,683 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 6,363 | 6,363 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6,111 | 6,111 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6,463 | 6,463 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1,113 | 1,113 | 0 | |
| Total | 23,977 | 23,977 | 0 |
Risk Indicators
No additionality test type or VVB confirmation found in any document
Borehole erosion risk flagged
0% deduction with contradictory justification (quantified vs deemed negligible)
Project-specific baseline; no reassessment date recorded; crediting period contradictory
Safeguards and grievance mechanism confirmed in 2023 verification report but absent in 2020 PDD; FPIC not documented
Neither CCP status nor CORSIA eligibility documented; dual-channel risk cannot be excluded
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